Em*bark" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embarking.] [F. embarquer; pref. em- (L. in) + barque bark: cf. Sp. embarcar, It. imbarcare. See Bark. a vessel.]
1.
To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
2.
To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.
It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.
South.
© Webster 1913.
Em*bark", v. i.
1.
To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.
2.
To engage in any affair.
Slow to embark in such an undertaking.
Macaulay.
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